A marketing manager at Croplan says success in 2025 starts with seed selection. Robert Cossar says farmers should be taking hybrid data into consideration. “It’s not just about the performance, but how we also manage it and that’s where our answer plots come in,” he says. “We’re looking at it from a data perspective on […] The post Success starts with the seed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
U.S. corn supplies are expected to tighten in 2025. Joe Barker with CHS Hedging says old crop ending stocks are around 1.9 billion bushels and falling, mostly because of good export demand. “So we’re going to need good production for 2025, maybe 92, 93 million corn acres with a 182 yield just to reach our […] The post U.S. corn stocks expected to tighten in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
‘Tis the season for holiday leftovers. But how long should you keep them in the fridge? Kenneth King with the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service says if you don’t want to risk food-borne illness, you should follow this timeline for leftovers. AUDIO: Healthy Living on food safety and leftovers The post How long should you hold on to your leftovers? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Christmas tree growers expect to keep prices stable with less inflationary pressure this year. Real Christmas Tree Board Executive Director Marsha Gray tells Brownfield nearly half of wholesale growers in their annual survey said their input costs were up less than five percent. “This year, 60 percent said they were not increasing their wholesale prices, […] The post Christmas tree growers say prices not increasing for consumers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The U.S. Agency for International Development is funding research to study climate resilience in crops and improved use of precision technology. Kansas State University agronomy professor Vara Prasad tells Brownfield… “What we first want to do is to understand how these high temperature events, the drought events impact the productivity of the crops. Once we […] The post USAID funding research into climate resilience in crops, improved use of precision technology appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The chairman of the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) says a new three-year partnership with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is bringing more conservation assistance to farmers. Ron Kindred, who farms in Logan County, tells Brownfield it means more boots on the ground. “Our agronomy team is going to be out boots in the […] The post Illinois Soybean Association teaming with NRCS for more conservation opportunities appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Today’s Black Friday shopping extravaganza, followed by Small Business Saturday, marks a vital kickoff to the holiday shopping season, which a University of Iowa College of Business professor says could be make-or-break time for countless Iowa merchants. Professor Peggy Stover, who directs the UI’s Marketing Institute, says some businesses may have a so-so 11 months […] View Full Story
Cold but relatively tranquil weather will dominate the U.S. during the next 5 days, aside from persistent snow squalls downwind of the Great Lakes. Weekend snow showers may affect a few areas, mainly from the northern Plains into parts of the mid-South and Midwest. During the weekend into the first half of next week, freezes should […] The post No major storms across the Heartland for the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend; sharply colder appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The USDA is reporting a generally mixed week for U.S. export sales of commodities. With net sales of 2,490,500 MT, soybean sales were a marketing-year high, up 34 percent from the previous week and up 41 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were seen primarily in China, Mexico, Germany, Spain, and Egypt. Exports were […] The post A mixed week for export sales appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, cold, blustery weather prevails. Snow showers and squalls are raging downwind of the Great Lakes, mainly across Michigan, although flurries extend as far south as the Ohio Valley. Friday’s high temperatures should range from around 10°F in the Red River Valley of the North to near 40°F in the middle Mississippi […] The post A Winter “feel” for many; the “look” of Winter for some appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
